Each sacrament is an outward sign established by Christ to confer an inward grace. They are rites performed to convey God’s grace to the recipient, through the power of the Holy Spirit. As the Sacraments are our greatest gifts as Catholics in connection to the salvation we receive in the Life, Death and Resurrection of Christ, the Cathedral Parish seeks to help prepare those who are about to receive them so that they may be joyfully and faithfully received.
Baptism
“Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit…”
Confirmation
“…He breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’”
Eucharist
“This is the bread that came down from heaven….The one who eats this bread will live forever.”
Reconciliation
“If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins…”
Anointing of the Sick
“Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church…”
Holy Orders
“…The Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go.”
Matrimony
“And I will show you a still more excellent way….Love is patient; love is kind…”
Funerals
“For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.”
Other Ministries
“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”